Good evening all,
I’m grateful for a beautiful sunny day. I’m grateful I got to run this morning with my son, and run errands with my daughter. Such normal things but I remember a time when these things felt impossible. I’m grateful the day was easy and enjoyable. I’m grateful for my simpler life, and the people in it. I’m grateful for the Gratitude thread.
Everyone have a wonderful evening 
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Good morning, all.
I’m grateful that today is Saturday, so when my body woke me up at 5:30 for work, I was able to roll back over and go back to sleep.
Grateful for a solid and regenerative eight and a half hours of glorious sleep.
Grateful that the jet-lag is abating for all of us after our Christmas trip home.
Grateful that we got a Christmas trip home.
Grateful that I remain sober and clear headed, so work was manageable - even with jet lag.
Grateful to look out of the window this morning and see glorious sunshine. It’s good for the soul.
Grateful to have been able to live a significant part of my adult life in Singapore. It’s an incredible place.
Grateful that my eldest son is going out on his first ever ‘date’ today and that he was able to talk to me about it. He was so nervous and excited. It was a beautiful thing. 
Grateful I was able to give him a couple of dollars to ensure that he was at least comfortable that he would have enough money.
Grateful for my sober life and everything that it brings.
Grateful to have read all of your posts this morning.
Grateful for this thread, which has really made me focus on what I am grateful for this morning.
Have a beautiful day.
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This is a week late, but I miss you guys too! I will try not to be a stranger, and I should poke the caffeine thread too! I love that you want your land to go to someone who will keep it in habitat. All things happen in their own time and in their own way.
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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I can walk.
I am grateful I don’t drink alcohol anymore. I am happy I went to the socializing event last evening. When I went I was thinking how the evening would have turned out if I had said yeah, sure give me a glas of sparkling wine: the constant fear of having the glass refilled, the loss of control what I’d eat effecting my sugar awfully, the way I’d start talking, maybe not remembering what I said.
I am grateful that I track my expenses. It’s calming me that I can pay my bills and know where all the money is going.
I am grateful I did socialise. It’s so difficult to get me going and often I end up not going. If I have some new years resolutions it’s that I go when there are easy opportunities. Like the meetings, the playing games evenings. I am grateful to watch people and many have difficulties to socialize. They help with alcohol. So: clap clap we do it nevertheless.
I am grateful I can watch documentaries still lying in bed 
I am grateful I have enough.
I am grateful my grandmother has a place in a nursing home soon. It’ll be a big relief for my mother and subsequently us.
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Morning,
I’m grateful for early nights and early mornings. I love the quiet before everyone wakes up.
I’m grateful for not drinking yesterday or wanting to. I’m grateful I don’t miss drinking and I certainly don’t miss thinking about drinking.
I’m grateful to be counting down to our next caravan trip. I’m so much looking forward to getting away for a few days.
I’m grateful for a simple life, I don’t need lots of stuff, I’m not materialistic. I’m happy with earning enough to pay my bills with a bit left over for a trip away now and again.
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I’m grateful I followed this meditation this morning.
Grateful for the tears that permeated the meditation.
It was perfect. Thank you, Billy
I’m grateful yesterday, when I was feeling my worst, holding back tears, I opened my house for friends, to gather everyone after the new year and celebrate my husband.
I’m grateful I didn’t touch any drinks. I felt tempted more than once yesterday. I was sad, angry.
I’m grateful I received all my friends with a smile, and had lovely conversations. It was a bbq and the food turned out delicious. We had a fire going and it was super cozy for everyone.
I’m grateful my best friend here pulled me to the side and told me she will be there for me any time I need a cup of coffee to vent. And that everything will be ok. I value her friendship immensely.
I’m grateful to be lucky enough to always have had friends - in real life and online 
- in my path to say what I need to hear, show me what I need to learn, and walk with me when I feel alone.
Much, much love to you all
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I’m grateful to have got through another Friday night, my worst day.
Im grateful to be sober.
I took the kids to the park to walk the dogs. Drunk/hungover me dosent do that.
I’m grateful to be feeling stable.
I’m grateful for a new fresh day with a sober mind.
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I’m grateful today will be one week sober.
I’m grateful I enrolled in the IOP.
I’m grateful for supportive people in group.
I’m grateful for my friend (maybe boyfriend) holding me yesterday while I cried. I can’t remember the last time some has done that.
I’m grateful to have him in my life even if we’re not quite sure what our relationship is.
I’m grateful my doc prescribed a detox medicine for this first week without me actually being inpatient. It’s really helped.
Grateful for quiet early mornings with coffee and a cat in my lap.
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Good for you.
I love January because it is the first month after December. I love the opportunity for simpler routines and no holiday pressure.
I hope your next few weeks help you build momentum on this sense of calm.
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Thank you for sharing about your day. It is an inspiration to see accounts of people making it through hard times while sober.
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It’s a cold dark Saturday morning here in Wisconsin and I am grateful to be awake and enjoying my first cup of coffee.
I’m grateful to be sober. I feel an increase in my personal sense of calm and peace and I am very grateful for that.
I’m grateful to have a job that I mostly enjoy. I welcomed a new little girl from Bogota Colombia to my class this week. I also enjoyed some humor with kids and got to introduce some other newcomers to the concept of multiplication. To be introduced to multiplication when their same age peers got it 3 years before means we are taking steps to get caught up!
I’m grateful to be happily married. The hubby surprised me this week with a bit of extra loving, the kind that just comes up well when two people are in a good synchronicity with each other. I’ve been married enough to two different people to know that this is a treasure. 
I’m grateful to be safe and have adequate resources to care for myself and my family. Recovering financially from a vacation was not a hardship this time because we saved up the money ahead of time, like actual grownups do!
I’m grateful to have some fun things planned for this weekend. My birthday is on Wednesday and I like to celebrate a birthday for a week at a time. So today we will see the new avatar movie and tomorrow we have lunch with friends. This is my second birthday season in sobriety and I’m so proud to be building my celebrations without needing to drink. Yay!!!
I’m grateful to be approaching this birthday in such a good state of mind and physical and emotional health. I will be 58 on Wednesday and I see this as an important age of achieving peace for myself. My father killed himself a few days after his 58th birthday, so I have been mindful of all that I have done and gained in peace. I’m grateful to be able to acknowledge the hard work of recovering from life with my father. He suffered deeply and took out his pain on others in unimaginable abuse and terror. His death was a hardship for my mother and the end of a reign of terror for my siblings and me. I do not forgive his abuse, but I am grateful that I got the last 21 years to work on recovery from it. In my heart I do feel compassion for the suffering he endured as well.
So this week I get to think on how my life has evolved and where I will go from here. It took me a long time to approach and embrace sobriety, and I am incredibly grateful to have found this path and this life.
I am grateful for this online community and all the support and learning I get here every day. I treasure this resource and hold you all close in my heart. I wish you the best today.
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Ugly cried this morning. Thinking about all I could have lost. So grateful my family is still in my life, supporting me, and loving me. Have an amazing weekend y’all.
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Happy early Birthday! One of the best things I love about this community is reading other’s stories as it reminds me sobriety is worth it and it inspires me to keep going, your story moved me and I thank you for sharing.
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Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful for…
My sobriety 258 days free from weed and alcohol
My husbands sobriety, 6 months today!
I got hubby a card, balloon, flowers, and cupcake for the occasion
Boscoe and all his cuteness
A friend got a new puppy and im throwing out names left and right
An hour long talk with a friend last night, she had been drinking but it was still nice to catch up.
Going to the store whenever i want, no longer restricted by booze
A packed saturday
Hubby wants more us time
Keeping to my new healthier lifestyle
A long weekend
Progress not perfection
Love to you all
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I’m grateful I’m not hungover on this beautiful Saturday morning.
I’m grateful I live in Arizona, it’s the most beautiful time of the year right now
I pulled my back out but I’m grateful I can walk
I’m grateful my relationship with my husband, kids, sister and neighbors are improving
I’m grateful I have a house full of groceries
I’m grateful I don’t have thoughts of disparity and self loathing
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I’m grateful the past couple of nights I’ve choose to go to bed alone without resentments. Well, maybe just a tiny bit the other night. But none last night.
I’m grateful it’s ok if some nights I want to roust her out of her chair to come to bed. And some nights I don’t feel like it.
I’m grateful for my quiet time in the morning.
I’m grateful for the clouds and the beautiful indirect sunrise I got to see from the comfort of my chair this morning. I’m grateful for the colors that seem to come and go from right to left with the mountains in the background.
I’m grateful I didn’t take another picture of it.
I’m grateful I just enjoyed it.
I’m grateful we had a real nice dinner out last night in one of my favorite fancy steakhouses.
I’m grateful we are all set and booked to see my daughter next week. C’mon Gus!! We’re waiting 
I’m grateful my daughter feels good and confident about her doctor. I’m grateful they are scheduled to induce on Monday.
I’m fucking terrified! I’m grateful I can admit that here. Again. And to my wife. I’m grateful Mavy just bashed himself up on my lap, upper chest to comfort me. I’m grateful these guys know when I need them.
I’m grateful when I think it really would be much easier to drown my fears in martinis I know it wouldn’t be easier. I’m grateful I got 3 years of sobriety and there’s no fucking way in hell I’m giving that up. No sir! I’m grateful for the table of wine snobs we sat next to last night. That was definitely me. He dropped some good vineyards and labels. I was pretty impressed. I’m grateful I thought it was me when he said, “well I’m here. I might as well have a martini.” I’m grateful I wondered how many at that table would go home and continue to drink until they passed out like I use to do. Or did they do the unthinkable and just stop? I’m grateful that scenario was enough drinking for me. I enjoyed the hell out of my virgin passion fruit Mojito. I’m grateful I changed my mind and even had a second one.
(DISCLAIMER It took my about 2 and a half years before I felt comfortable having a mock-tail. I don’t recommend this early in sobriety.)
And I’m grateful this morning I’m in tact. Not hungover and sick. And I’m grateful I did the right thing. I’m grateful I’m generally good at doing the right thing. I’m grateful we had a nice early dinner out.
I’m grateful I always have a cat or someone around to pet.
I’m grateful not to numb my feelings.
I’m grateful I guess I ought to wrap this up.
I’m grateful for y’all.
When you find something that’s worth fighting for you never give up.
In_wise #fight #struggle #life 
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Grateful to know that there are people who care about me, remember me, and notice when I am gone, while never actually having met me.
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Who is this 
Grateful to see you popping in when you can. You’re always a treat 
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Today I’m grateful for salads ready-to-eat from the farmers market. I love it and I stocked my fridge with it. And vegetables for next week. I start preparing for my fasten week in february. It feels odd because I can cook whatever I want with no regard to the needs and wants of my former husband. Living alone is not all bad 
I’m grateful for a walk in the sun. I’m still depressed, grumpy with myself and want this missing to fuck off. Why miss someone who gives a fucking shit about you? Yea, I feel dumb and daffy. I’m grateful this too shall pass and there’s no sense in beating myself up. Emotions come and go, this co-dependent outburst will also fade. Hopefully soon. I’m grateful I managed to pull myself out of this mood in the afternoon. I’m grateful for a long nap, yummi leftovers, cuddling cats, funny cats, a good friend calling me. I was sorry to hear his old, very ill cat has gone over the rainbow bridge yesterday evening. It was time.
I’m grateful for this 
reminder: Life can be over soon. I can waste it with resentment and pitty. I can keep on trying to let go and enjoy what I’m capable of. I can make babysteps even when babysteps mean to rest, pause and process all sorts of emotions. One day at a time. Always grateful 
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